Clarion 1941-03-07 Vol 20 No 10

THE BETHEL CLARION
Vol. XX No. 10 BETHEL INSTITUTE (St. Paul, Minn.) March 7, 1941
Frosh Lectures
Prove of Value
To Uncertain
Outside Speakers Stress
Christian Life Service
By David Moberg.
The present semester's course in
Freshman Lectures has been fol-lowing
the topic of vocational
guidance. Several interesting
speakers from the Twin Cities as
well as from Bethel Institute have
been developing the subject.
(It has been suggested that a
summary of Freshman Lectures be
published in the Clarion.—Editor.)
On January 31 Professor A. J.
Wingblade pointed out ten things
to keep in mind in choosing a life
vocation. They are as follows:
1. Get a man-sized job.
2. Get a life-time job.
3. Get a job suited to your quali-ties.
4. Consider the time and expense
of preparation.
5. Get the kind of work you like.
6. Study the lives of men and
women already in that work.
(Continued on page 3)
By the Interviewing Reporter.
Just like Stanley and Living-stone
I thought, as I marched up
to Professor Eddie Kayshun and
gravely said, "Professor Kayshun,
I presume."
The professor's heirs were not
present at the time of the inter-view.
The professor himself is a
man of about average height. He
is very gracious and on out-ward
appearance does not seem
to have any more gray-matter than
the rest of us. This made me feel
right at home.
"I hear you are going to con-duct
the Freshman program" — I
began hesitantly.
"Yes," he answered, rushing his
words and using his hands for
gesturing, "the president of your
freshman class has asked me to
make an appearance March 14 —
and I have consented. My kiddies
(he referred to the Question
Heirs) and I are always glad to
come back to snow-country."
From that I gathered that he had
been, touring in the south.
"Oh, yes. We always seem to be
south of the border somewhere. In
fact, when organizations ask us to
appear they seem, actually, to
doubt our existence until we arrive
and put up our equipment."
I told him that some Bethelites
Capt. and Three Men
Retire From Play
Farm Game Their Last
"B" Club Plans Initiation
Playing their final home game
against the Farm school last night
and having previously played their
last foreign games at Luther and
Mankato, four Bethel cagesters re-tired
from court warfare.
These four are Gordon Peterson,
captain of the 40-41 squad; Lowell
Marquardt, Raynold Appelquist,
and Jerald Larson.
Peterson and Appelquist have
both played three years. Mar-quardt
has played two years and
Larson one.
"These boys have played well,"
said Coach Adam as he made the
announcement of his stars' retire-ment.
"Always they have been an
asset to the team and to the
school."
— Ferre Announces Activities —
Plans for initiation of basket-ball
and baseball letter-men are
already started, according to Gus
Ferre, president of the "B" club
and Coach Adam, club advisor.
The initiation plans are set for
May 15. By that time Coach Adam
hopes to have picked out his base-ball
letter-men, who will be in-cluded
in the program.
entertained the same sentiments
and he laughed heartily. "Do you
have any hobbies, Professor?" I
asked.
"Oh, yes. My hobby is my job.
You see, I just love to stump peo-ple.
So when all these quiz pro-grams
became so popular—I decid
ed to cash in on my hobby."
"Professor, have you any special
plans for Bethel. Any extra special
plans, I mean?"
"I certainly have. But here,
none of that. I promised the com-mittee,
oh, what are their names
"Glen Swanson is chairman and
his assistants are: Margaret Erick-son,
Lucile Peterson, Irene Nelson,
Roger Youngquist, Nelton Friesen-borg,
Bob Dischinger, and Lloyd
Thompson," I supplied.
"Yes, those are the ones. You
see where I stand. I'd like to tell
you, but my promise, of course."
"Of course, Professor. And
thanks a million."
Professor Eddie Kayshun and
his Question Heirs are scheduled
to appear in the Bethel Chapel the
evening of March 14, under the
sponsorship of the Freshman class.
Admission price is thirty-four
cents a person—or a couple for
sixty-seven.
Go double and save.
Prof. Hultgren Is Director
The Sophomore class is present-ing
a concert given by the Minne-apolis
A Capella Choir, under the
direction of Professor George
Hultgren, as its annual program,
Mardh 28, at 8:00 p. m. in the
Junior College chapel.
The opportunity of hearing this
reputable organization, highly
praised by music critics, is a priv-ilege;
and the whole class is co-operating
in an effort to make it a
great success.
The chairmen of the various
committees are: publicity, Melvin
Swanson; program, Dale Bjork;
arrangements and seating, Gene
Nyman; tickets and sales, Gunnar
Hoglund; and checking, Sara Mae
Swenson. The tickets will be fifty
cents.
Workers Complete
Files; Tabulations
Some of the students working on
N. Y. A. are at present working on
the files of donators to Bethel In-stitute.
They are checking over a
list of about 7,000 names to elimi-nate
all duplications.
One student is working on a file
of poetry, statistics, quotations,
and other information of interest
to public speakers, whidh will be
thrown open to seminary students
in, the future. The charge for its
use will be one contribution every
time the file is referred to. Infor-mation
for the file is being gather-ed
from several magazines which
are filed in the stock room of the
library.
"Bring Photo!"—Plea
All B.W.A. girls are asked by the
picture committee to submit pic-tures
of themselves and also group
shots to the committee. These pic-tures
will be arranged in a photo-graph
album to record progress of
the B.W.A. and also that the club
of the future will know the club
of the past.
Kitchen utensils and equipment
have been purchased. These are
being arranged by Miss Nelson
and volunteers of the organization.
Forty Bethel students left the
Junior College building for the all
school trip to New Ulm, sponsored
by the Student Council, last Fri-day,
February H. The loaded bus
pulled away from the college at
3:30 and proceeded without mis-hap
to New Ulm.
The students spent the time
singing, reading the newspapers
and just looking at the scenery.
Miss Johnson and Mrs. William
Adam accompanied the group.
"Olie" Nelson called roll as the
bus left each place, to make cer-tain
no one was left behind. In
this way no one was lost, strayed
or stolen.
The bus arrived at New Ulm
about six o'clock, the supper hour.
The party ate together at the We-needa
Cafe. In an hour, Bethelites
were back in the bus. Then they
proceeded to Luther College which
is situated on a hill outside of
New Ulm.
Before the game the Bethel and
Luther bands vied for musical
honors. The cheerleaders: Cliff
Bjonklund, Ruth Johnson, and Mu-riel
Salmonson, were there in full
regalia and led an inspired cheer-ing
section.
Between halves a tumbling act
was presented by students from
Luther. Their gymnastics brought
forth many cheers and excited ex-clamations.
Margaret Erickson, Bethel's
drum majorette, performed a baton
twirling exhibition. She went
through her routine amid cheers
and clapping from both sections.
After the game students rushed
for the bus in an effort to secure
comfortable seats. "Olie" Nelson
disconcerted the comfortably seat-ed
students by announcing that a
three-quarter hour stop in New
Ulm was scheduled. Hungry stu-dents
trooped into the Weneeda
Cafe.
When the bus arrived at Bethel,
private cars were waiting to trans-port
the returning students to
their various homes.
Campus Calendar
March 12 Alexis.
March 14 Freshman Program.
March 17 Music Organization
Social.
March 19 Missionary Band.
March 20 B. W. A.
Students Enjoy New Ulm
Council Sponsored Trip
Intense Intelligence Ratio
"Marks" Prof. Eddie Kayshun
Dean of Correct Answers
Brings His Question Heirs
Sophomores Present Forty Bethelites Cheer
Minneapolis A capella Team at Luther Game
Page 2
THE BETHEL CLARION
Thru the Trance-urn
Dissertation on Slang
Jeepers! Hold the phone! Oh
boy! Golly! Gosh! Gee!
It is imagined that the walls,
which have ears, you know, of
Room 110 are shocked to sighing
by the constant use of the expres-sions
mentioned above. Of all
walls in Bethel College, those
forming the English Composition
Room are most grieved over
"Slang's" prominent existence. For
several years they have heard and
absorbed rules of grammar and
speech. They have overheard in-structions
given as to the ethics of
English. They have noticed the
sunrise flush mounting Miss Platt's
cheeks and forehead as she has
cursed the day of "Slang's" birth
and acclaimed the hour of
"Slang's" departure.
In one Jr. High School, the sev-enth
grade dramatized "The Mur-der
of the King's English by the
Usurper Slang." Students personi-fied
the parts of speech. Slang
was a wretched fellow, yet popu-lar.
His was a murderer's heart.
His was a murderer's work.
Though the seventh grade students
managed to imprison wicked
Slang in the playlet, he is tragical-ly
at liberty today. It is an excep-tional
person whose conversation
is wholly free from Slang.
Everyone agrees that Slang is
ignoble, unnecessary, and wrong.
No sane person would ascribe
value to Slang. On the contrary,
it is universally recognized to be
the appendiy of English. There is
no real use for it; it is not neces-sary
for descriptive purposes; it
adds no Charm to speech. No in-telligent
person deems Slang to be
indispensable.
I once met a red-haired Unitari-an
in a barber shop. In his con-versation
he frequently enlisted
the services of fallen Slang's de-generate
brother, Blasphemy. A
rebuke was timely. I did not hesi-tate
when opportunity came. He
apologized for his prostituted lan-guage,
not, because it is sinful in
God's sight, but because it is a
sign of intelligence if one speaks
pure English. He thus cataloged
himself and was quite offended
when I called his attention to that
fact. An intelligent person, name-ly:
one who has something to say
and knows how to say it, banishes
Slang from his vocabulary.
Students of Bethel, you are in-telligent.
You are studying the
English language in order to ade-
'quately express yourself. It is my
conviction that all of you recog-nize
the senselessness of using
Slang. Why then, do you use it?
The Christian man has a nobler
vocabulary than the unsaved, in-telligent
man. Timothy was ex-horted
to be an example of the
believers in word. Certainly no
Christian places a premium on
Slang. Slang is generally used by
those who have very little to say
and spend much time in saying it.
Slang is a great aid in narrating
"old wive's fables." It is also used
by those who delight in endless
infant-like prattle. Those who talk
much are apt to quickly deplete
(Continued on page 3)
Camineal
Rumor — uncertainty — ensuing
discord, and distrust have brought
about the downfall of at least
three major countries this past
year.
Rumor? What is it? Germany
has proved that it is one of the
most efficient weapons that can be
leveled at a country's freedom and
independence.
In a war of brutal force this ele-ment
of subtleness is disconcert-ing
and more devastatingly potent
than the average citizen realizes.
The well-geared machines of
hearsay which were operating in
Poland—in Norway — and France,
before their final eclipse, were
gradually raised to an intensity,
were unceasingly quickened in
tempo — 'till as a bridge under
the tension of ordered feet, falls
—so fell the proud nations of Eu-rope.
The ear and the mouth have car-ried
on many campaigns. They
have made bloodshed useless and
unnecessary. It does not take
much time to pick up a newspaper
and scan for the phrase—"a blood-less
victory."
Yesterday we said, "Nations rise
and fall." Today—with perplexity
large on our face, fear struggling
over sense in our hearts—we say,
"Nations fall!"
Polish people as a whole were
not aware that they were the vic-tims
of hearsay—until too late.
Norway's population was innocent
up to that last moment that she
was being made ready for the con-queror's
heel. France, proud
France, haughtily ignored warn-ings
of the tension and sentiment,
of the stranglehold web that had
been cunningly fashioned about her
vital points. Poland fell. Norway
fell. France fell.
Danger is across the water, we
say. Troops cannot be transported
—why the fuss?
The fuss is because a thinking
class of people have already sens-ed
the tenseness of America's
pulse, the tautness of her cheek.
Danger does not come from steel
—the tramp of marching feet—an
airplane's motor.
The bright face of danger whis-pers—
Hisst! Epidemic in army
We're a-musing: Why some peo-ple
think a cough—or a hem and
a haw explains an unprepared les-son
. . .. why some people always
giggle the loudest when they don't
know what the joke is . . . . rwhy
the atmosphere of the halls is con-ducive
to—well—you know, and—
talking.
Friesenburg, telling of the guy
wiho yelled, "Stick me in a dollar's
worth of gas!" gives us a desire to
do just that—headfirst.
If love is blind, why is it that
Ginny and Bob, Ginny and Gordy,
Thelma and Dave, Marj and Lloyd,
and a score of others, don't wear
specs?
Connie Tedlund's motto: It is a
known fact that a man with a col-lege
diploma and a dime can get a
cup of java, anywhere.
We read this someplace—and it
reminded us of Magnuson.
"Took a manly bite,
'N fed my appetite,
One sandwich for a dime,
Still hungry."
Hey, Miss Nelson, don't forget
to find out when Bob Beck's birth-day
occurs. Even he is beginning
to wonder.
The gateway of Alberta sends
this along to the German classes:
A German gentleman called Goeb-bels
a "pig" and was put on trial
for betraying state secrets,
"Dear Pat,
I took a shine to your sister.
!Shine got 'er,
I missed 'er."
"I sat amazed. Never had it en-tered
my mind that he would say
those three little words; that he
would make that great confession.
It made my head whirl momentari-ly,
and it gave me an empty feel-ing
in the pit of my stomach. I
looked up questioningly, but he
was repeating it ....
camp!—Hisst! Third term . . . .
dictator!—Hisst! He's a "Red!"—
Hisst! War! Famine! Destruc-tion!
Rumor—has broken a score of
nations. Do we profit by example
. . . . or do we too, fall?
"I was wrong"—said the WON-DER
MAN of the faculty.
We heave a sigh . . . . yea, we
throw it across the room . . . . for
one doesn't sleep well with such
things on his conscience. And if
you don't like the shadows we cast
on the transom well . . . . why
don't you send in your contribu-tion?
SHADOWS.
time Well spent
Well spent anyway . . . .
Class is over and away we dash
. . . . like a flash . . . . Where?
. . . To the library! . . . . 'Course
not . . . . the front hall is much
more entrancing.
Half hour later .. . .
That task's accomplished . . . .
Where to now? Well, the library's
our destination because there is
that History reference reading to
do???? 9 Now let's see—which ta-ble
looks most interesting . . . .???
Ah, now I can read in comfort .. .
(one page safely read, a glance at
the watch) Oh! Oh! It's time for
the Coffee Shoppe. I'm just fam-ished
. . . . anyhow they probably
have something good to eat. LET'S
GO
Money's spent . .. . almost clos-ing
time anyhow. . . . No use start-ing
to study now. . . . How about
a game of ping-pang. 5:30 . . . .
10:30 . . . . 21:19. Boy, that was
close! ! ! Now how about some 7-
up .. . . So now the frantic dash
for the . . . . the gym, of course.
Swish! Bang! Boom!
OH-H-H-h-h, TOO BAD! !
I saw her .. .. she done it . . . .
Good-bye, gotta go now. Where
does the time go to. Nothing done
. . . . BUT .. .. Oh, What Fun!!!
EXPERIENCED.
FAITH
0 never star
Was lost; here
We all aspire to heaven and there
is heaven
Above us.
If I stoop
Into a dark tremendous sea of
cloud
It is but for a time; I press God's
lamp
Close to my breast; its splendor
soon or late
Will pierce the gloom. I shall
emerge some day.
—Robert Browning.
ALEXIS MEETING
Alexis meeting will be held
March 12. This meeting will deal
with three types of pastors: the
over studious man, the man who
never studies, and a man who
strikes a happy medium of the two.
All students are invited to at-tend.
SEM PLANS BANQUET
Tentative arrangements have
been made for a Seminary seniors'
banquet to be given by the lower-iclassmen.
The date set is May 15.
It is planned that the banquet be-given
at Miller's Cafeteria in Min-neapolis.
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Frosh Lectures Prove
of Value to Students
Slang
(Continued from page 1)
their supply of descriptive adjec-tives
and then, of course, Slang
must be enlisted to give the unim-portant
statements the much de-sired
effect of importance. The
Christian who is growing earnest-ly
longs to be pure of speech.
"Study to bt quiet!" Paul ex-horts
the Christians at Thessa-lonica.
"Speak thou the things that be-come
sound doctrine," is his rec-ommendation
to Titus.
"Set a seal upon my lips and
guard thou the door of my
mouth," was David's prayer.
"Let the words of my mouth .. .
be acceptable in thy sight," is per-haps
the most familiar prayer of
the sweet Psalmist.
Christian people agree that
Slang is unnecessary and wrong.
Students of Bethel, you have
taken Jesus Christ to be your Sav-iour
and Lord. You need not, and
must not, allow Slang to occupy
the room of Sound Speech in this
"earthly house" of flesh.
It is paradoxical that we who
delight in the expressive and com-pelling
language of the masters of
Literature should stoop to embrace
Slang. We English lovers murder
good English. Absurd, when view-ed
rationally, but this fact re-mains:
we are murdering our love!
Slang is degenerated language.
Many of the oft repeated slang
phrases are derived from sacred
and awesome terms. One of the
devil's tricks is to place a humor-ous
connotation on a Holy Scrip-ture
statement. "Woe is me," to
Isaiah and Paul was the voice of
their deepest feelings. To Joe Pen-ner,
it was but a gag. Gee, gosh,
and golly are continually on the
lips of people who would not curse
God, and yet there is no differ-ence.
Heck is a take-off on hell.
We who read of hell's 'terrors
should speak that word with tears,
yet its substitution and representa-tive
passes over the lips of many
blood-redeemed people.
Let us stop this excused blasphe-my!
Let us honor God with our
words. Let us cease this meaning-less
glibber. Let us speak as be-cometh
saints. Let us banish these
superfluous expressions. Let us
speak with forethought and delib-eration.
Let us severely rebuke
ourselves when a slang word or
expression darts over the threshold
of Our mouths. Let Bethel become
renowned for her sensibly speaking
students.—Submitted.
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7. Consider the financial return
from that work.
8. Consider the benefit to so-ciety.
9. Can you advance?
10. Can you be of service to God
and your fellow-men in that work?
On February 14 Pastor R. V.
Clearwaters of the Fourth Baptist
Church in Minneapolis dealt with
the topic, "Finding a Christian
Philosophy in Life." He analyzed
the scientific philosophy of life
upon which most modern people
base their existence and proved it
to be an empty and futile philoso-phy,
and then he proved the Chris-tian
life to be the only one worth
living.
Pastor Clearwaters presented
the four major philosophies of life
pictured by Christ. They are: (1)
Man, deny thyself ("Take up thy
cross . . ."); (2) Man, know thy-self
(but to know ourselves we
must know God first) ; (3) Man,
order thyself ("Seek ye first the
kingdom of God . . ."); and (4)
Man, enjoy thyself (satirically).
Christ's philosophy is Man, Give
Thyself.
On February 20 Dr. Hagstrom
told of the qualifications the Board
of Foreign Missions looks for in
missionary candidates. The three
primary requirements of individu-als
who are planning to enter mis-sionary
work are good physical
and mental health, a call to Chris-tian
service, and knowledge of a
deep Christian experience.
On February 28 Reuben Nelson,
Executive Secretary of tihe Minne-sota
Baptist Convention developed
the subject "What Intelligent
Churches Look for in Their Pas-tors."
The primary requisites of
a good pastor are that he is called
to his task, that he is a true Chris-tian
in the fullest sense of the
word, that he must love people,
that he must be a good preacher,
and that he must have prepara-tion
adequate for the job.
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To love people, said Rev. Nelson,
means that he must have a pas-sion
to win souls for Christ and
must try to meet spiritual, eco-nomic,
recreational, and moral
needs of men. To be a true pastor
one does not need to be an orator
but must have something real and
vital to say to the people. A true
pastor presents a Biblical message
which reveals the truth of God in
his own words.
He said, "Every man who goes
into the ministry today has got to
make choices as to the type of
work he's going to do." Adver-tisers
point out tihe fact that the
average intellectual age of radio
listeners is six years, and that the
pastor must keep this in mind in
doing his work. The pastor may
choose to use sensationalism of
the same type the radio uses to
draw people, or he may give them
their spiritual needs instead by
presenting the simple gospel. "No
man," said Rev. Nelson, "has a
right to take the weaknesses of a
people and use those weaknesses
to lift himself to popularity."
An interesting climax to his pre-sentation
was a discussion of the
type of wife a minister should
have. The three most important
requirements of a pastor's wife are
that she must be prepared to take
leadership, she must have a sym-pathetic
understanding of the
whole field of the pastorate, she
must be a good housekeeper, and
she must not talk too much, i. e.,
she must be able to keep secrets
which are presented to her by
trusting friends. It is good to pos-sess
a knowledge of music but is
not absolutely essential.
Rev. Nelson said, "The wife of a
pastor is a vital part of the total
life of the church. . . . No woman
ought to become a minister's wife
who has not thought into and
prayed about . . . making that de-cision.
. .. She ought to be vitally
interested in the whole field of the
pastorate."
"Sons" Invade Bethel
Johnsons Lead Charge
The "sons" of Scandinavia are
encamped at our very door! In our
most impregnable strong-holds!
Does it mean war? Are the home
fires threatened? Is a "blitz" in or-der?
Sometimes doubts are for-midable
and altogether in charac-ter.
Statistics will show you why.
For instance, the Johnson Cavalry
unit numbers a strong twelve. The
Anderson Infantry presses close
behind the wicked Johnson charge.
"They might be vanquished,"
you say. No, gentle white-man,
red man, black man and Turk. It
cannot be so. For re-enforcements
are held in readiness in the rear
lines of the "Son" army. There
are Nelsons, and Olsons, and Pe-tersons
and Swansons, and sons
and sons and sons!
Nor is that all! The commanders
and generals and officers that rule
our stronghold are "sons." There
is Carlson, Karlson, Johnsons-two,
Nelsons—two, and Larson.
There is nothing to be done about
it. The remaining population must
submit to superior forces, (81
"sons" to any ten classified "for-eigners")
or flee! Flee! Govern-ments
crumble, nations topple,
empires crash, but "sons" spring
up all over.
Service Trip Hoped
By Ruff, Johnson
Tentative arrangements are be-ing
made by Ethel Ruff and Joyce
Johnson to hold a three months
evangelistic campaign this sum-mer.
They hope to work under the Al-berta
Baptist Bible Academy when
they reach Canada. Their purpose
is to hold Bible schools in the
morning and regular services at
night.
Itinerary expenses must be
borne personally by the two girls;
they intend to hold one-night meet-ings
in various churches to raise
expense money.
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Indians Scalp Bethany 61-20
Drop Close Game to Luther
Third Conference Win
Levels Tracy Quint
Recovery by Bethel at
Half Marks Turn
Bethel's basketball team won
their third conference victory from
a fast Tracy quint in a home game
played on Friday, Feb. 21. The
Tracy team was sparked by a pair
of brothers, Gay and Bob Stone.
The first half was a hotly
contested one with the lead
changing hands several times.
At the halfway mark the In-ians
were trailing 18 to 15.
The Red and White came back
strong to go ahead of Tracy by the
end of the third quarter. They
continued driving throughout the
last quarter and finished with a
spurt to score a total of 40 points
as compared to their opponents 31.
Capt. Peterson led the victors
with seventeen points while Bob
Stone scored nineteen points for
the visitors. Red Marquardt, Beth-el
forward, played a good defens-ive
game.
Summary:
Bethel F.GF.T.F Tracy F.GF.T.F.
Nyman 3 4 2 Lamphere 1 0 .1
Marquardt 1 0 2 R. Stone 8 3 3
Peterson 5 7 2 Schoepho'r 1 0 0
Halvorsen 2 0 1 Aarthum 0 0 3
Swanson 2 1 4 G. Stone 1 1 3
Appelquist 1 0 0 Simmerm n 1 3 1
— — — Rialson 0 0 0
14 12 11 — — —
12 7 11
Referee: Frank Noyes.
Worthington Trips
Bethel; 52-35
The Indians bowed in defeat to
the "giants" from Worthington in
a game played in the Bethel gym
on Saturday, Feb. 22. The final
score was 52 to 35. This victory
clinched the conference champion-ship
for the visitors.
The local hoopsters started slow-ly
but fought courageously
throughout the game. They were
almost tied when the first half end-ed
with the scoreboard showing 19
to 17.
When play was resumed, the
Bethel midgets (comparatively
speaking) seemed unable to cope
with the smooth ball handling of
the rangy lads from Worthington.
They gave ground reluctantly and
finally ended on the short end of
the score of 52 to 35.
Van Citters, all-state importation
from Iowa, led the victors with
nineteen points while Nyman pac-ed
the losers 'with ten counters.
Ray Appelquist stood out defens-ively
for the Red and White.
Soph Skate Enjoyed
Skating was the theme 'provid-ing
fun and frolic for approximate-ly
half the sophomore class who
attended the sophomore skating
party Wednesday, February 26.
After The Skate the class gath-ered
at the home of Professor C.
E. Carlson, sophomore advisor, for
refreshments and a devotional
period, led by Archie Johnson.
AAAAAAAAAAAA
Sports Slants
By Gene Nyman.
VVVVVVVVVVVV
On Feb. 19, Bethel's varsity bas-ketball
team scrimmaged the
Augsburg frosh team on the local
floor. The Indians turned in a
good performance and at the end
of four quarters emerged on the
top side of a 36 to 24 score. Capt.
Peterson and Gene Nyman shared
high-score honors with twelve
points each. Gus Ferre officiated.
The handball champion has
not yet been decided as two
matches remain to be played
in the championship bracket.
The winner of the match be-tween
Gus Ferre and Ed Nel-son
will meet Francis McOlash
to determine the all-school
champ.
Last week your columnist re-ceived
a letter from Ray Honys-son,
Rochester J. C. sportswriter,
who is making a poll of Southern
Minnesota Conference sports edi-tors
to select an all-conference
team. The team selected by your
sportswriter on the basis of the
showing made against Bethel is as
follows : Thompson of Worthing-ton
and R. Stone of Tracy at for-wards,
Van Citters at center, and
G. Peterson of Bethel and Gavin of
Austin at the guard spots. Others
who deserve recognition are: N.
Olson of Albert Lea, Wilson and
Wright of Rochester, Heyne of
Concordia, and Temple of Luther.
The Indians outscored Con-cordia's
quintet by the high
score of 108 to 80 in a pro-longed
scrimmage game on
Wednesday, Feb. 26. The con-test
was fairly even for the
first half but the Red and
White later forged ahead by
using a fast break against the
Comets' man to man defense.
The game was played on Con-cordia's
floor.
Final basketball standings of the
gym squads will be announced in
the next issue of the "Clarion."
Coeds Flash Two
Basketball Wins
Bethel girls celebrated Washing-ton's
birthday weekend by win-ning
two games, one with the girls
from Prospect Park Church on Fri-day,
February 21, by a score of 19
to 8 and the other with the girls
from Minnehaha Church on Satur-day,
February 22, by a score of 32
to 12.
Bethel coeds are hoping to finish
up the season by playing a game
with Northwestern Bible School
some time in the near future.
TILDEN FOOD MARKET
Arona & Albany Ayes.
Nyman Collects 22
Points Against B. L. C.
Playing their last conference
game of the season on Saturday,
March 1, the Bethel quint turned
in a creditable performance in
trouncing Bethany by the lop-sided
score of 61 to 20. The game was
played in Mankato in the losers'
gym.
The Bethel cagers counted
ten points in the first quarter
while permitting only one lone
basket to be scored against
them. The game was a rout
the rest of the way as the In.
dians worked the ball in
smoothly and scored at will.
The halftime count was 27 to
9 and the final score showed
the "braves" in command 61
to 20.
Gene Nyman copped high score
honors for the victors with twenty-two
points while Dale of Bethany
scored nine to pace the losers. Hal-vorsen
turned in some outstand-ing
shooting and passing for the
Bethel tribe.
Capt. Gordon .Peterson, Ray
Appelquist, "Red" Marquardt,
and Gerald Larson bowed out
in a blaze of glory as they
made the final conference ap-pearance
of their careers.
Summary:
Bethel F.GF.T.F Bethany F.GF.T.F.
Nyman 9 4 2 Hanson 1 3 3
Appelquist 1 1 1 Nissen 0 0 4
Marquardt 2 0 2 Dale 3 3 2
Larson 0 0' 0 Nolting 2 0 2
Peterson 6 4 2 Holte 0 0 1
Swanson 4 0 3 Lau 1 0 2
Gustafson 0 0 0 Winter 0 0 2
Halvorsen 4 0 0 Merseth
0 0 0
— — —
26 9 10 7 6 16
Officials: McCormack and Kellar.
Intra-mural Sports
With only three games remain-ing
to be played the sophomore
Supermen have cinched the class
championship by virtue of fourteen
wins and only ten losses to the
Dead End Kids. Gunnar Hoglund
of the winners leads the class
scoring with a total of 141 points.
The Kids have won four of the
last six games but started too late
to stop the Supermen.
The Gophers have forged ahead
of the Badgers in their see-saw
battle and now have a one game
margin with eleven victories and
ten losses. Paul Anderson is pac-ing
the leaders with 136 points to
his credit.
Willis Wessman of the Plugs has
earned 163 tallies to lead the scor-
School Trip Game
Lost by 53-44 Count
The Bethel quint, backed by a
good representation of the student
body, lost a fast game to Dr. Mar-tin
Luther College on Friday, Feb.
28, at New Ulm. This game was
designated as the all-school trip
for the 1940-41 season. The entire
band, the three cheerleaders, and
a number of enthusiastic rooters
journeyed to the game by charter-ed
bus and in private cars.
The DM LC quint started fast
and seemed unable to miss the
basket the entire first quar-ter.
The second quarter was
more even but Bethel still
trailed 30 to 20 at halftime.
.. The Lutherans began bitting
again in the third quarter and led
49 to 32 at the close of the period.
The Indians rallied strongly in the
fourth quarter but made their bid
too late. The final score was 53 to
44.
Capt. Peterson led the Beth-el
bucketeers in scoring with
a total of thirteen points while
Paul Nolting topped the New
Ulm team with a twenty.three
point total. "Shine" Swanson
collected ten points while turn-ing
in a stellar game at for-ward.
Summary:
Bethel F.GF.T.F Luther F.G.F.T.F.
Nyman 3 2 0 Grams 2 1 1
Swanson 5 0 3 Schroeder 1 0 2
Marquardt 3 0 1 Albrecht 2 0 4
Peterson 4 5 3 Walz 0 0 0
Appelquist 0 1 0 P. Nolting 11 1 3
Halvorsen 3 0 3 Kuether 2 0 3
— — -- Temple 5 2 1
18 8 10 Heckman 0 0 0
Burow 1 1 4
Poetter 0 0 0
— — —
24 5 15
Officials: Lattin and Belau.
ing in the frosh classes. Gordon
Johnson, Plug captain, is tied with
Roger Youngquist of the Cowboys
with 139 counters. The westerners
have won twelve times while los-ing
eleven contests.
Victors in the women's classes
have already been decided though
several games remain to be played.
The sophomores have defeated the
C. W. C. representatives six games
to two while the frosh Infants have
twelve victories to the Buzzer's
eight.
Intramural playoff will begin on
Monday, March 17.

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THE BETHEL CLARION
Vol. XX No. 10 BETHEL INSTITUTE (St. Paul, Minn.) March 7, 1941
Frosh Lectures
Prove of Value
To Uncertain
Outside Speakers Stress
Christian Life Service
By David Moberg.
The present semester's course in
Freshman Lectures has been fol-lowing
the topic of vocational
guidance. Several interesting
speakers from the Twin Cities as
well as from Bethel Institute have
been developing the subject.
(It has been suggested that a
summary of Freshman Lectures be
published in the Clarion.—Editor.)
On January 31 Professor A. J.
Wingblade pointed out ten things
to keep in mind in choosing a life
vocation. They are as follows:
1. Get a man-sized job.
2. Get a life-time job.
3. Get a job suited to your quali-ties.
4. Consider the time and expense
of preparation.
5. Get the kind of work you like.
6. Study the lives of men and
women already in that work.
(Continued on page 3)
By the Interviewing Reporter.
Just like Stanley and Living-stone
I thought, as I marched up
to Professor Eddie Kayshun and
gravely said, "Professor Kayshun,
I presume."
The professor's heirs were not
present at the time of the inter-view.
The professor himself is a
man of about average height. He
is very gracious and on out-ward
appearance does not seem
to have any more gray-matter than
the rest of us. This made me feel
right at home.
"I hear you are going to con-duct
the Freshman program" — I
began hesitantly.
"Yes," he answered, rushing his
words and using his hands for
gesturing, "the president of your
freshman class has asked me to
make an appearance March 14 —
and I have consented. My kiddies
(he referred to the Question
Heirs) and I are always glad to
come back to snow-country."
From that I gathered that he had
been, touring in the south.
"Oh, yes. We always seem to be
south of the border somewhere. In
fact, when organizations ask us to
appear they seem, actually, to
doubt our existence until we arrive
and put up our equipment."
I told him that some Bethelites
Capt. and Three Men
Retire From Play
Farm Game Their Last
"B" Club Plans Initiation
Playing their final home game
against the Farm school last night
and having previously played their
last foreign games at Luther and
Mankato, four Bethel cagesters re-tired
from court warfare.
These four are Gordon Peterson,
captain of the 40-41 squad; Lowell
Marquardt, Raynold Appelquist,
and Jerald Larson.
Peterson and Appelquist have
both played three years. Mar-quardt
has played two years and
Larson one.
"These boys have played well,"
said Coach Adam as he made the
announcement of his stars' retire-ment.
"Always they have been an
asset to the team and to the
school."
— Ferre Announces Activities —
Plans for initiation of basket-ball
and baseball letter-men are
already started, according to Gus
Ferre, president of the "B" club
and Coach Adam, club advisor.
The initiation plans are set for
May 15. By that time Coach Adam
hopes to have picked out his base-ball
letter-men, who will be in-cluded
in the program.
entertained the same sentiments
and he laughed heartily. "Do you
have any hobbies, Professor?" I
asked.
"Oh, yes. My hobby is my job.
You see, I just love to stump peo-ple.
So when all these quiz pro-grams
became so popular—I decid
ed to cash in on my hobby."
"Professor, have you any special
plans for Bethel. Any extra special
plans, I mean?"
"I certainly have. But here,
none of that. I promised the com-mittee,
oh, what are their names
"Glen Swanson is chairman and
his assistants are: Margaret Erick-son,
Lucile Peterson, Irene Nelson,
Roger Youngquist, Nelton Friesen-borg,
Bob Dischinger, and Lloyd
Thompson," I supplied.
"Yes, those are the ones. You
see where I stand. I'd like to tell
you, but my promise, of course."
"Of course, Professor. And
thanks a million."
Professor Eddie Kayshun and
his Question Heirs are scheduled
to appear in the Bethel Chapel the
evening of March 14, under the
sponsorship of the Freshman class.
Admission price is thirty-four
cents a person—or a couple for
sixty-seven.
Go double and save.
Prof. Hultgren Is Director
The Sophomore class is present-ing
a concert given by the Minne-apolis
A Capella Choir, under the
direction of Professor George
Hultgren, as its annual program,
Mardh 28, at 8:00 p. m. in the
Junior College chapel.
The opportunity of hearing this
reputable organization, highly
praised by music critics, is a priv-ilege;
and the whole class is co-operating
in an effort to make it a
great success.
The chairmen of the various
committees are: publicity, Melvin
Swanson; program, Dale Bjork;
arrangements and seating, Gene
Nyman; tickets and sales, Gunnar
Hoglund; and checking, Sara Mae
Swenson. The tickets will be fifty
cents.
Workers Complete
Files; Tabulations
Some of the students working on
N. Y. A. are at present working on
the files of donators to Bethel In-stitute.
They are checking over a
list of about 7,000 names to elimi-nate
all duplications.
One student is working on a file
of poetry, statistics, quotations,
and other information of interest
to public speakers, whidh will be
thrown open to seminary students
in, the future. The charge for its
use will be one contribution every
time the file is referred to. Infor-mation
for the file is being gather-ed
from several magazines which
are filed in the stock room of the
library.
"Bring Photo!"—Plea
All B.W.A. girls are asked by the
picture committee to submit pic-tures
of themselves and also group
shots to the committee. These pic-tures
will be arranged in a photo-graph
album to record progress of
the B.W.A. and also that the club
of the future will know the club
of the past.
Kitchen utensils and equipment
have been purchased. These are
being arranged by Miss Nelson
and volunteers of the organization.
Forty Bethel students left the
Junior College building for the all
school trip to New Ulm, sponsored
by the Student Council, last Fri-day,
February H. The loaded bus
pulled away from the college at
3:30 and proceeded without mis-hap
to New Ulm.
The students spent the time
singing, reading the newspapers
and just looking at the scenery.
Miss Johnson and Mrs. William
Adam accompanied the group.
"Olie" Nelson called roll as the
bus left each place, to make cer-tain
no one was left behind. In
this way no one was lost, strayed
or stolen.
The bus arrived at New Ulm
about six o'clock, the supper hour.
The party ate together at the We-needa
Cafe. In an hour, Bethelites
were back in the bus. Then they
proceeded to Luther College which
is situated on a hill outside of
New Ulm.
Before the game the Bethel and
Luther bands vied for musical
honors. The cheerleaders: Cliff
Bjonklund, Ruth Johnson, and Mu-riel
Salmonson, were there in full
regalia and led an inspired cheer-ing
section.
Between halves a tumbling act
was presented by students from
Luther. Their gymnastics brought
forth many cheers and excited ex-clamations.
Margaret Erickson, Bethel's
drum majorette, performed a baton
twirling exhibition. She went
through her routine amid cheers
and clapping from both sections.
After the game students rushed
for the bus in an effort to secure
comfortable seats. "Olie" Nelson
disconcerted the comfortably seat-ed
students by announcing that a
three-quarter hour stop in New
Ulm was scheduled. Hungry stu-dents
trooped into the Weneeda
Cafe.
When the bus arrived at Bethel,
private cars were waiting to trans-port
the returning students to
their various homes.
Campus Calendar
March 12 Alexis.
March 14 Freshman Program.
March 17 Music Organization
Social.
March 19 Missionary Band.
March 20 B. W. A.
Students Enjoy New Ulm
Council Sponsored Trip
Intense Intelligence Ratio
"Marks" Prof. Eddie Kayshun
Dean of Correct Answers
Brings His Question Heirs
Sophomores Present Forty Bethelites Cheer
Minneapolis A capella Team at Luther Game
Page 2
THE BETHEL CLARION
Thru the Trance-urn
Dissertation on Slang
Jeepers! Hold the phone! Oh
boy! Golly! Gosh! Gee!
It is imagined that the walls,
which have ears, you know, of
Room 110 are shocked to sighing
by the constant use of the expres-sions
mentioned above. Of all
walls in Bethel College, those
forming the English Composition
Room are most grieved over
"Slang's" prominent existence. For
several years they have heard and
absorbed rules of grammar and
speech. They have overheard in-structions
given as to the ethics of
English. They have noticed the
sunrise flush mounting Miss Platt's
cheeks and forehead as she has
cursed the day of "Slang's" birth
and acclaimed the hour of
"Slang's" departure.
In one Jr. High School, the sev-enth
grade dramatized "The Mur-der
of the King's English by the
Usurper Slang." Students personi-fied
the parts of speech. Slang
was a wretched fellow, yet popu-lar.
His was a murderer's heart.
His was a murderer's work.
Though the seventh grade students
managed to imprison wicked
Slang in the playlet, he is tragical-ly
at liberty today. It is an excep-tional
person whose conversation
is wholly free from Slang.
Everyone agrees that Slang is
ignoble, unnecessary, and wrong.
No sane person would ascribe
value to Slang. On the contrary,
it is universally recognized to be
the appendiy of English. There is
no real use for it; it is not neces-sary
for descriptive purposes; it
adds no Charm to speech. No in-telligent
person deems Slang to be
indispensable.
I once met a red-haired Unitari-an
in a barber shop. In his con-versation
he frequently enlisted
the services of fallen Slang's de-generate
brother, Blasphemy. A
rebuke was timely. I did not hesi-tate
when opportunity came. He
apologized for his prostituted lan-guage,
not, because it is sinful in
God's sight, but because it is a
sign of intelligence if one speaks
pure English. He thus cataloged
himself and was quite offended
when I called his attention to that
fact. An intelligent person, name-ly:
one who has something to say
and knows how to say it, banishes
Slang from his vocabulary.
Students of Bethel, you are in-telligent.
You are studying the
English language in order to ade-
'quately express yourself. It is my
conviction that all of you recog-nize
the senselessness of using
Slang. Why then, do you use it?
The Christian man has a nobler
vocabulary than the unsaved, in-telligent
man. Timothy was ex-horted
to be an example of the
believers in word. Certainly no
Christian places a premium on
Slang. Slang is generally used by
those who have very little to say
and spend much time in saying it.
Slang is a great aid in narrating
"old wive's fables." It is also used
by those who delight in endless
infant-like prattle. Those who talk
much are apt to quickly deplete
(Continued on page 3)
Camineal
Rumor — uncertainty — ensuing
discord, and distrust have brought
about the downfall of at least
three major countries this past
year.
Rumor? What is it? Germany
has proved that it is one of the
most efficient weapons that can be
leveled at a country's freedom and
independence.
In a war of brutal force this ele-ment
of subtleness is disconcert-ing
and more devastatingly potent
than the average citizen realizes.
The well-geared machines of
hearsay which were operating in
Poland—in Norway — and France,
before their final eclipse, were
gradually raised to an intensity,
were unceasingly quickened in
tempo — 'till as a bridge under
the tension of ordered feet, falls
—so fell the proud nations of Eu-rope.
The ear and the mouth have car-ried
on many campaigns. They
have made bloodshed useless and
unnecessary. It does not take
much time to pick up a newspaper
and scan for the phrase—"a blood-less
victory."
Yesterday we said, "Nations rise
and fall." Today—with perplexity
large on our face, fear struggling
over sense in our hearts—we say,
"Nations fall!"
Polish people as a whole were
not aware that they were the vic-tims
of hearsay—until too late.
Norway's population was innocent
up to that last moment that she
was being made ready for the con-queror's
heel. France, proud
France, haughtily ignored warn-ings
of the tension and sentiment,
of the stranglehold web that had
been cunningly fashioned about her
vital points. Poland fell. Norway
fell. France fell.
Danger is across the water, we
say. Troops cannot be transported
—why the fuss?
The fuss is because a thinking
class of people have already sens-ed
the tenseness of America's
pulse, the tautness of her cheek.
Danger does not come from steel
—the tramp of marching feet—an
airplane's motor.
The bright face of danger whis-pers—
Hisst! Epidemic in army
We're a-musing: Why some peo-ple
think a cough—or a hem and
a haw explains an unprepared les-son
. . .. why some people always
giggle the loudest when they don't
know what the joke is . . . . rwhy
the atmosphere of the halls is con-ducive
to—well—you know, and—
talking.
Friesenburg, telling of the guy
wiho yelled, "Stick me in a dollar's
worth of gas!" gives us a desire to
do just that—headfirst.
If love is blind, why is it that
Ginny and Bob, Ginny and Gordy,
Thelma and Dave, Marj and Lloyd,
and a score of others, don't wear
specs?
Connie Tedlund's motto: It is a
known fact that a man with a col-lege
diploma and a dime can get a
cup of java, anywhere.
We read this someplace—and it
reminded us of Magnuson.
"Took a manly bite,
'N fed my appetite,
One sandwich for a dime,
Still hungry."
Hey, Miss Nelson, don't forget
to find out when Bob Beck's birth-day
occurs. Even he is beginning
to wonder.
The gateway of Alberta sends
this along to the German classes:
A German gentleman called Goeb-bels
a "pig" and was put on trial
for betraying state secrets,
"Dear Pat,
I took a shine to your sister.
!Shine got 'er,
I missed 'er."
"I sat amazed. Never had it en-tered
my mind that he would say
those three little words; that he
would make that great confession.
It made my head whirl momentari-ly,
and it gave me an empty feel-ing
in the pit of my stomach. I
looked up questioningly, but he
was repeating it ....
camp!—Hisst! Third term . . . .
dictator!—Hisst! He's a "Red!"—
Hisst! War! Famine! Destruc-tion!
Rumor—has broken a score of
nations. Do we profit by example
. . . . or do we too, fall?
"I was wrong"—said the WON-DER
MAN of the faculty.
We heave a sigh . . . . yea, we
throw it across the room . . . . for
one doesn't sleep well with such
things on his conscience. And if
you don't like the shadows we cast
on the transom well . . . . why
don't you send in your contribu-tion?
SHADOWS.
time Well spent
Well spent anyway . . . .
Class is over and away we dash
. . . . like a flash . . . . Where?
. . . To the library! . . . . 'Course
not . . . . the front hall is much
more entrancing.
Half hour later .. . .
That task's accomplished . . . .
Where to now? Well, the library's
our destination because there is
that History reference reading to
do???? 9 Now let's see—which ta-ble
looks most interesting . . . .???
Ah, now I can read in comfort .. .
(one page safely read, a glance at
the watch) Oh! Oh! It's time for
the Coffee Shoppe. I'm just fam-ished
. . . . anyhow they probably
have something good to eat. LET'S
GO
Money's spent . .. . almost clos-ing
time anyhow. . . . No use start-ing
to study now. . . . How about
a game of ping-pang. 5:30 . . . .
10:30 . . . . 21:19. Boy, that was
close! ! ! Now how about some 7-
up .. . . So now the frantic dash
for the . . . . the gym, of course.
Swish! Bang! Boom!
OH-H-H-h-h, TOO BAD! !
I saw her .. .. she done it . . . .
Good-bye, gotta go now. Where
does the time go to. Nothing done
. . . . BUT .. .. Oh, What Fun!!!
EXPERIENCED.
FAITH
0 never star
Was lost; here
We all aspire to heaven and there
is heaven
Above us.
If I stoop
Into a dark tremendous sea of
cloud
It is but for a time; I press God's
lamp
Close to my breast; its splendor
soon or late
Will pierce the gloom. I shall
emerge some day.
—Robert Browning.
ALEXIS MEETING
Alexis meeting will be held
March 12. This meeting will deal
with three types of pastors: the
over studious man, the man who
never studies, and a man who
strikes a happy medium of the two.
All students are invited to at-tend.
SEM PLANS BANQUET
Tentative arrangements have
been made for a Seminary seniors'
banquet to be given by the lower-iclassmen.
The date set is May 15.
It is planned that the banquet be-given
at Miller's Cafeteria in Min-neapolis.
THE BETHEL CLARION
A bi-weekly campus newspaper.
BETHEL INSTITUTE
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Published by students every other Tuesday
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Alice Schouweiler Editor in chief
Paul Anderson Associate Editor
Gene Nyman Sports Editor
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Frosh Lectures Prove
of Value to Students
Slang
(Continued from page 1)
their supply of descriptive adjec-tives
and then, of course, Slang
must be enlisted to give the unim-portant
statements the much de-sired
effect of importance. The
Christian who is growing earnest-ly
longs to be pure of speech.
"Study to bt quiet!" Paul ex-horts
the Christians at Thessa-lonica.
"Speak thou the things that be-come
sound doctrine," is his rec-ommendation
to Titus.
"Set a seal upon my lips and
guard thou the door of my
mouth," was David's prayer.
"Let the words of my mouth .. .
be acceptable in thy sight," is per-haps
the most familiar prayer of
the sweet Psalmist.
Christian people agree that
Slang is unnecessary and wrong.
Students of Bethel, you have
taken Jesus Christ to be your Sav-iour
and Lord. You need not, and
must not, allow Slang to occupy
the room of Sound Speech in this
"earthly house" of flesh.
It is paradoxical that we who
delight in the expressive and com-pelling
language of the masters of
Literature should stoop to embrace
Slang. We English lovers murder
good English. Absurd, when view-ed
rationally, but this fact re-mains:
we are murdering our love!
Slang is degenerated language.
Many of the oft repeated slang
phrases are derived from sacred
and awesome terms. One of the
devil's tricks is to place a humor-ous
connotation on a Holy Scrip-ture
statement. "Woe is me," to
Isaiah and Paul was the voice of
their deepest feelings. To Joe Pen-ner,
it was but a gag. Gee, gosh,
and golly are continually on the
lips of people who would not curse
God, and yet there is no differ-ence.
Heck is a take-off on hell.
We who read of hell's 'terrors
should speak that word with tears,
yet its substitution and representa-tive
passes over the lips of many
blood-redeemed people.
Let us stop this excused blasphe-my!
Let us honor God with our
words. Let us cease this meaning-less
glibber. Let us speak as be-cometh
saints. Let us banish these
superfluous expressions. Let us
speak with forethought and delib-eration.
Let us severely rebuke
ourselves when a slang word or
expression darts over the threshold
of Our mouths. Let Bethel become
renowned for her sensibly speaking
students.—Submitted.
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7. Consider the financial return
from that work.
8. Consider the benefit to so-ciety.
9. Can you advance?
10. Can you be of service to God
and your fellow-men in that work?
On February 14 Pastor R. V.
Clearwaters of the Fourth Baptist
Church in Minneapolis dealt with
the topic, "Finding a Christian
Philosophy in Life." He analyzed
the scientific philosophy of life
upon which most modern people
base their existence and proved it
to be an empty and futile philoso-phy,
and then he proved the Chris-tian
life to be the only one worth
living.
Pastor Clearwaters presented
the four major philosophies of life
pictured by Christ. They are: (1)
Man, deny thyself ("Take up thy
cross . . ."); (2) Man, know thy-self
(but to know ourselves we
must know God first) ; (3) Man,
order thyself ("Seek ye first the
kingdom of God . . ."); and (4)
Man, enjoy thyself (satirically).
Christ's philosophy is Man, Give
Thyself.
On February 20 Dr. Hagstrom
told of the qualifications the Board
of Foreign Missions looks for in
missionary candidates. The three
primary requirements of individu-als
who are planning to enter mis-sionary
work are good physical
and mental health, a call to Chris-tian
service, and knowledge of a
deep Christian experience.
On February 28 Reuben Nelson,
Executive Secretary of tihe Minne-sota
Baptist Convention developed
the subject "What Intelligent
Churches Look for in Their Pas-tors."
The primary requisites of
a good pastor are that he is called
to his task, that he is a true Chris-tian
in the fullest sense of the
word, that he must love people,
that he must be a good preacher,
and that he must have prepara-tion
adequate for the job.
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means that he must have a pas-sion
to win souls for Christ and
must try to meet spiritual, eco-nomic,
recreational, and moral
needs of men. To be a true pastor
one does not need to be an orator
but must have something real and
vital to say to the people. A true
pastor presents a Biblical message
which reveals the truth of God in
his own words.
He said, "Every man who goes
into the ministry today has got to
make choices as to the type of
work he's going to do." Adver-tisers
point out tihe fact that the
average intellectual age of radio
listeners is six years, and that the
pastor must keep this in mind in
doing his work. The pastor may
choose to use sensationalism of
the same type the radio uses to
draw people, or he may give them
their spiritual needs instead by
presenting the simple gospel. "No
man," said Rev. Nelson, "has a
right to take the weaknesses of a
people and use those weaknesses
to lift himself to popularity."
An interesting climax to his pre-sentation
was a discussion of the
type of wife a minister should
have. The three most important
requirements of a pastor's wife are
that she must be prepared to take
leadership, she must have a sym-pathetic
understanding of the
whole field of the pastorate, she
must be a good housekeeper, and
she must not talk too much, i. e.,
she must be able to keep secrets
which are presented to her by
trusting friends. It is good to pos-sess
a knowledge of music but is
not absolutely essential.
Rev. Nelson said, "The wife of a
pastor is a vital part of the total
life of the church. . . . No woman
ought to become a minister's wife
who has not thought into and
prayed about . . . making that de-cision.
. .. She ought to be vitally
interested in the whole field of the
pastorate."
"Sons" Invade Bethel
Johnsons Lead Charge
The "sons" of Scandinavia are
encamped at our very door! In our
most impregnable strong-holds!
Does it mean war? Are the home
fires threatened? Is a "blitz" in or-der?
Sometimes doubts are for-midable
and altogether in charac-ter.
Statistics will show you why.
For instance, the Johnson Cavalry
unit numbers a strong twelve. The
Anderson Infantry presses close
behind the wicked Johnson charge.
"They might be vanquished,"
you say. No, gentle white-man,
red man, black man and Turk. It
cannot be so. For re-enforcements
are held in readiness in the rear
lines of the "Son" army. There
are Nelsons, and Olsons, and Pe-tersons
and Swansons, and sons
and sons and sons!
Nor is that all! The commanders
and generals and officers that rule
our stronghold are "sons." There
is Carlson, Karlson, Johnsons-two,
Nelsons—two, and Larson.
There is nothing to be done about
it. The remaining population must
submit to superior forces, (81
"sons" to any ten classified "for-eigners")
or flee! Flee! Govern-ments
crumble, nations topple,
empires crash, but "sons" spring
up all over.
Service Trip Hoped
By Ruff, Johnson
Tentative arrangements are be-ing
made by Ethel Ruff and Joyce
Johnson to hold a three months
evangelistic campaign this sum-mer.
They hope to work under the Al-berta
Baptist Bible Academy when
they reach Canada. Their purpose
is to hold Bible schools in the
morning and regular services at
night.
Itinerary expenses must be
borne personally by the two girls;
they intend to hold one-night meet-ings
in various churches to raise
expense money.
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Page 4 THE BETHEL CLARION
Indians Scalp Bethany 61-20
Drop Close Game to Luther
Third Conference Win
Levels Tracy Quint
Recovery by Bethel at
Half Marks Turn
Bethel's basketball team won
their third conference victory from
a fast Tracy quint in a home game
played on Friday, Feb. 21. The
Tracy team was sparked by a pair
of brothers, Gay and Bob Stone.
The first half was a hotly
contested one with the lead
changing hands several times.
At the halfway mark the In-ians
were trailing 18 to 15.
The Red and White came back
strong to go ahead of Tracy by the
end of the third quarter. They
continued driving throughout the
last quarter and finished with a
spurt to score a total of 40 points
as compared to their opponents 31.
Capt. Peterson led the victors
with seventeen points while Bob
Stone scored nineteen points for
the visitors. Red Marquardt, Beth-el
forward, played a good defens-ive
game.
Summary:
Bethel F.GF.T.F Tracy F.GF.T.F.
Nyman 3 4 2 Lamphere 1 0 .1
Marquardt 1 0 2 R. Stone 8 3 3
Peterson 5 7 2 Schoepho'r 1 0 0
Halvorsen 2 0 1 Aarthum 0 0 3
Swanson 2 1 4 G. Stone 1 1 3
Appelquist 1 0 0 Simmerm n 1 3 1
— — — Rialson 0 0 0
14 12 11 — — —
12 7 11
Referee: Frank Noyes.
Worthington Trips
Bethel; 52-35
The Indians bowed in defeat to
the "giants" from Worthington in
a game played in the Bethel gym
on Saturday, Feb. 22. The final
score was 52 to 35. This victory
clinched the conference champion-ship
for the visitors.
The local hoopsters started slow-ly
but fought courageously
throughout the game. They were
almost tied when the first half end-ed
with the scoreboard showing 19
to 17.
When play was resumed, the
Bethel midgets (comparatively
speaking) seemed unable to cope
with the smooth ball handling of
the rangy lads from Worthington.
They gave ground reluctantly and
finally ended on the short end of
the score of 52 to 35.
Van Citters, all-state importation
from Iowa, led the victors with
nineteen points while Nyman pac-ed
the losers 'with ten counters.
Ray Appelquist stood out defens-ively
for the Red and White.
Soph Skate Enjoyed
Skating was the theme 'provid-ing
fun and frolic for approximate-ly
half the sophomore class who
attended the sophomore skating
party Wednesday, February 26.
After The Skate the class gath-ered
at the home of Professor C.
E. Carlson, sophomore advisor, for
refreshments and a devotional
period, led by Archie Johnson.
AAAAAAAAAAAA
Sports Slants
By Gene Nyman.
VVVVVVVVVVVV
On Feb. 19, Bethel's varsity bas-ketball
team scrimmaged the
Augsburg frosh team on the local
floor. The Indians turned in a
good performance and at the end
of four quarters emerged on the
top side of a 36 to 24 score. Capt.
Peterson and Gene Nyman shared
high-score honors with twelve
points each. Gus Ferre officiated.
The handball champion has
not yet been decided as two
matches remain to be played
in the championship bracket.
The winner of the match be-tween
Gus Ferre and Ed Nel-son
will meet Francis McOlash
to determine the all-school
champ.
Last week your columnist re-ceived
a letter from Ray Honys-son,
Rochester J. C. sportswriter,
who is making a poll of Southern
Minnesota Conference sports edi-tors
to select an all-conference
team. The team selected by your
sportswriter on the basis of the
showing made against Bethel is as
follows : Thompson of Worthing-ton
and R. Stone of Tracy at for-wards,
Van Citters at center, and
G. Peterson of Bethel and Gavin of
Austin at the guard spots. Others
who deserve recognition are: N.
Olson of Albert Lea, Wilson and
Wright of Rochester, Heyne of
Concordia, and Temple of Luther.
The Indians outscored Con-cordia's
quintet by the high
score of 108 to 80 in a pro-longed
scrimmage game on
Wednesday, Feb. 26. The con-test
was fairly even for the
first half but the Red and
White later forged ahead by
using a fast break against the
Comets' man to man defense.
The game was played on Con-cordia's
floor.
Final basketball standings of the
gym squads will be announced in
the next issue of the "Clarion."
Coeds Flash Two
Basketball Wins
Bethel girls celebrated Washing-ton's
birthday weekend by win-ning
two games, one with the girls
from Prospect Park Church on Fri-day,
February 21, by a score of 19
to 8 and the other with the girls
from Minnehaha Church on Satur-day,
February 22, by a score of 32
to 12.
Bethel coeds are hoping to finish
up the season by playing a game
with Northwestern Bible School
some time in the near future.
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Nyman Collects 22
Points Against B. L. C.
Playing their last conference
game of the season on Saturday,
March 1, the Bethel quint turned
in a creditable performance in
trouncing Bethany by the lop-sided
score of 61 to 20. The game was
played in Mankato in the losers'
gym.
The Bethel cagers counted
ten points in the first quarter
while permitting only one lone
basket to be scored against
them. The game was a rout
the rest of the way as the In.
dians worked the ball in
smoothly and scored at will.
The halftime count was 27 to
9 and the final score showed
the "braves" in command 61
to 20.
Gene Nyman copped high score
honors for the victors with twenty-two
points while Dale of Bethany
scored nine to pace the losers. Hal-vorsen
turned in some outstand-ing
shooting and passing for the
Bethel tribe.
Capt. Gordon .Peterson, Ray
Appelquist, "Red" Marquardt,
and Gerald Larson bowed out
in a blaze of glory as they
made the final conference ap-pearance
of their careers.
Summary:
Bethel F.GF.T.F Bethany F.GF.T.F.
Nyman 9 4 2 Hanson 1 3 3
Appelquist 1 1 1 Nissen 0 0 4
Marquardt 2 0 2 Dale 3 3 2
Larson 0 0' 0 Nolting 2 0 2
Peterson 6 4 2 Holte 0 0 1
Swanson 4 0 3 Lau 1 0 2
Gustafson 0 0 0 Winter 0 0 2
Halvorsen 4 0 0 Merseth
0 0 0
— — —
26 9 10 7 6 16
Officials: McCormack and Kellar.
Intra-mural Sports
With only three games remain-ing
to be played the sophomore
Supermen have cinched the class
championship by virtue of fourteen
wins and only ten losses to the
Dead End Kids. Gunnar Hoglund
of the winners leads the class
scoring with a total of 141 points.
The Kids have won four of the
last six games but started too late
to stop the Supermen.
The Gophers have forged ahead
of the Badgers in their see-saw
battle and now have a one game
margin with eleven victories and
ten losses. Paul Anderson is pac-ing
the leaders with 136 points to
his credit.
Willis Wessman of the Plugs has
earned 163 tallies to lead the scor-
School Trip Game
Lost by 53-44 Count
The Bethel quint, backed by a
good representation of the student
body, lost a fast game to Dr. Mar-tin
Luther College on Friday, Feb.
28, at New Ulm. This game was
designated as the all-school trip
for the 1940-41 season. The entire
band, the three cheerleaders, and
a number of enthusiastic rooters
journeyed to the game by charter-ed
bus and in private cars.
The DM LC quint started fast
and seemed unable to miss the
basket the entire first quar-ter.
The second quarter was
more even but Bethel still
trailed 30 to 20 at halftime.
.. The Lutherans began bitting
again in the third quarter and led
49 to 32 at the close of the period.
The Indians rallied strongly in the
fourth quarter but made their bid
too late. The final score was 53 to
44.
Capt. Peterson led the Beth-el
bucketeers in scoring with
a total of thirteen points while
Paul Nolting topped the New
Ulm team with a twenty.three
point total. "Shine" Swanson
collected ten points while turn-ing
in a stellar game at for-ward.
Summary:
Bethel F.GF.T.F Luther F.G.F.T.F.
Nyman 3 2 0 Grams 2 1 1
Swanson 5 0 3 Schroeder 1 0 2
Marquardt 3 0 1 Albrecht 2 0 4
Peterson 4 5 3 Walz 0 0 0
Appelquist 0 1 0 P. Nolting 11 1 3
Halvorsen 3 0 3 Kuether 2 0 3
— — -- Temple 5 2 1
18 8 10 Heckman 0 0 0
Burow 1 1 4
Poetter 0 0 0
— — —
24 5 15
Officials: Lattin and Belau.
ing in the frosh classes. Gordon
Johnson, Plug captain, is tied with
Roger Youngquist of the Cowboys
with 139 counters. The westerners
have won twelve times while los-ing
eleven contests.
Victors in the women's classes
have already been decided though
several games remain to be played.
The sophomores have defeated the
C. W. C. representatives six games
to two while the frosh Infants have
twelve victories to the Buzzer's
eight.
Intramural playoff will begin on
Monday, March 17.